Intake Interview: Right/Wrong?
Create a back story for the client you portray, including demographic information.
What is right?
1) Feeling keyed up/tense, 2) feeling restless, and 3) fearing that something awful will happen during the majority of days of a major depressive episode or persistent depressive disorder.
What is "with anxious distress?"
Diagnosis involving 5 or more symptoms of depression experienced most of the day, nearly every day, for at least 2 consecutive weeks.
What is major depressive disorder?
Persistently elevated, expansive, or irritable mood and increased goal-directed activity or energy, lasting for at least one week, coupled with three symptoms. Results in functional impairment, hospitalization, or psychotic symptoms.
What is a manic episode?
Disorder marked by instability of personal relationships. Behaviors can include: frantic efforts to avoid abandonment, unstable self-image, and alternating between extremes of idealization and devaluation in interpersonal relationships.
What is borderline personality disorder?
When portraying the client, you don't need to select a cultural/religious identity?
What is wrong?
Experiencing at least 3 manic/hypomanic symptoms during the majority of days of a major depressive episode. Note: full criteria for a manic or hypomanic episode is not met.
What is "with mixed features."
Depressed mood and 2 or more symptoms that occur more days than not for at least 2 years (adults).
What is persistent depressive disorder?
Diagnosis when criteria is met for at least one manic episode with or without a major depressive episode.
What is bipolar I?
Pattern of excessive emotionality and attention seeking. Can include inappropriate sexually seductive behavior, speech that is lacking in detail, and rapidly shifting and shallow expression of emotion.
What is histrionic personality disorder?
When being interviewed, it is best to be a challenging or belligerent client.
What is wrong?
Major depressive episode includes symptoms like: absence of the capacity for pleasure, doesn't feel better when something good happens, depression worse in the mornings, waking early in the morning, significant weight loss, inappropriate guilt.
What is "with melancholic features?"
Following the death of a loved one, the predominant affect is feelings of emptiness or loss that occurs in waves. The person can be preoccupied with memories of the deceased person and self-esteem is generally preserved.
What is typical grief (or uncomplicated bereavement).
Criteria have been met for at least one hypomanic episode and at least one major depressive disorder. There has never been a manic episode.
What is bipolar II?
Excessive need to be taken care of leading to clinging behavior and fears of separation. Can include a need for others to assume responsibility for major areas of life, going to excessive lengths to obtain support from others, and difficulty expressing disagreement because of fear of loss of approval.
What is dependent personality disorder?
When writing the paper, you need to research the client's cultural identity. If the client did not state a cultural identity, you can assign one.
What is right?
Major depressive episode includes symptoms like: mood improves following positive event, increase in appetite/weight, increase in sleep, heaviness in arms/legs, sensitivity to rejection.
What is "with atypical features?"
Prominent depressed mood or markedly diminished interest or pleasure in activities that develops during intoxication or withdrawal from a substance capable of producing depression symptoms.
What is substance-induced depressive disorder?
Specifier given when person has experienced at least four mood episodes in the previous 12 months (e.g., manic, hypomanic, or major depressive episodes).
What is "with rapid cycling?"
Pattern of social inhibition, feeling inadequate, and hypersensitivity to negative evaluation. Can include an unwillingness to get involved with people unless certain of being liked, feeling socially inept or inferior to others, and avoiding activities due to fears of criticism or rejection.
What is avoidant personality disorder?
Support your treatment recommendations with at least one reference. Also, use the intake paper template available on Courses and keep all the bracketed information in your paper.
What is right.
A major depressive episode accompanied by delusions and/or hallucinations that do not involve typical depressive themes like personal inadequacy, guilt, death, or deserved punishment.
What is "with mood-incongruent psychotic features?"
Developmentally inappropriate verbal or behavioral outbursts that occur 3 or more times per week for at least 1 year in two or more settings.
What is disruptive mood dysregulation disorder?
During a 2-year period there have been numerous periods with hypomanic and major depressive symptoms that have been present (though criteria for major depressive, manic, or hypomanic episode have never been met).
What is clyclothymic disorder?
Pattern of interpersonal deficits and unusual behavior. May include ideas of reference, odd beliefs, unusual perceptual experiences, odd thinking and speech, suspiciousness, and social anxiety.
What is schizotypal personality disorder?